BU vs. UNH

[Greg Berge]

UNH up 2-0.

[min \'97]

2:38 left... BU empty net

[min \'97]

1.26 to go...

[min \'97]

ENG unh. 3-0 now.

[min \'97]

its 3-0 unh final.
a different wildcat (not arizona or kentucky) advances...

[Keith K \'93]

Fine. Be that way.  "Good Abbott!  Good Abbott!  Bad Abbott! Good Abbott!  Good Abbott!  Bad Abbott!"

[ZooeyDog]

Anyone definitively know if the Frozen Four re-seeds? In other words (I'm not jinxing anyone! shut up!) were we to win tomorrow, do we definitely play UHN? Or if Michigan beats CC, do we play the Wolverines?

It seems fairest to re-seed, and let the top remaining seed play the bottom remaining seed, which means, of course, that that's not the way the NC$$ does it.

"Let's see...hmmm...how can we screw Cornell the *most*...?"


ZD

[jtwcornell91]

There is definitely no re-seeding.  The winner of the Cornell-BC game will play UHN in one semifinal and the winner of the CC-Michigan game will play Minnesota in the other.



Post Edited (03-29-03 22:43)

[jtwcornell91]

BTW, AFAIK there has never been any reseeding in the NCAA hockey tournament.  Certainly not since they went to the regional format.

I'm amazed they're talking about re-seeding in the squeakball tourney; everyone filling out those damn brackets is a huge part of their hype.

[ZooeyDog]

Thanks John.

That is just so *&%$ing stupid, that I simply must believe it's true. My God, why doesn't the NC$$ just put a line in their by-laws that says: "Whenever a stronger impediment can be placed in the path of Cornell, the Rules Committee reserveth the right to do so."

Giving us the #10 team in the first round. Letting a #3 seed be a host team against Maine. Letting BC stay east and sending Maine west. Refusing to reward the highest seed at the Frozen Four. I'm not complaining about UHN; I'd relish the chance (should that chance come) to avenge last year's QF loss to the Wildcats. But really, why don't they just let monkeys run this tournament?

ZD

[ZooeyDog]

Agreed, in hoops it would be a disaster. But until filling out an office-pool Frozen Four bracket becomes en vogue, I'd strongly argue it's unfair for, say, Ferris St. and Michigan to play on one side, while we duke it out with UHN on the other. Won't come to pass, but still retarded.

ZD

[jtwcornell91]

Actually, by pairing us with BC they were trying to do us a favor.  The Eagles were #8 in the PWR, so that part they did bracket correctly: #1 vs #8 in the quarterfinals.

Also don't see how Michigan hosting Maine screws us.

And the bracketing rather than re-seeding has been done for years; it's not the committee's fault you didn't know about it. ;-)

[Greg Berge]

If anything, the Michigan hosting could help us.  If a weaker Michigan team knocks a strong CC team off because they have the bogus home game, so be it.

Of course the host concept is a fraud and ridiculous, but in that specific case it can only help us.

If they were ever going to reseed the Frozen Four, they are *not* going to do so with an ECAC team as the #1.  But truth be told if they are ever going to do it they need to announce it before the season starts.  This midstream stuff is mickey mouse.

[dsr11]

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/089/sports/Stopping_at_nothing+.shtml

BU has gone 194 miuntes 24 seconds without scoring a goal.

[jtwcornell91]

Dan '01 wrote:
BU has gone 194 miuntes 24 seconds without scoring a goal.

...against UHN.  They would have had a hard time beating Hahvahd without scoring a goal.



Post Edited (03-30-03 07:45)